July 29, 2026 Earlier today Class Size Matters and the Education Law Center sent a letter to Chancellor Samuels as part of the public comment process, urging DOE to improve and amend the draft class size reduction proposal. We called for clear descriptions of the specific funding, policies and levers that will be employed to […]
July 29, 2026 A bill called the College Transparency Act is being considered by the Senate HELP committee. It would overturn the prohibition against the federal government collecting personally identifiable student information and instead would authorize the creation of a new federal database to track all students enrolled in a higher education institution throughout their […]
July 22, 2026 Dear all: Hope you are having a relaxing summer. Meanwhile, here are some important dates and events coming up in the next week: 1- The deadline for families to sign up for a portion of the $17.25M Naviance court settlement for violating student privacy is this Monday, July 27. You […]
July 10, 2026 Hello everyone: 1. Chalkbeat published a piece on the Mayor’s education record after six months in office. Take a look and see what you think. If you can, call into my WBAI radio show at 7 PM this Sunday night at 212-209-2877 to say what grade you’d give him or […]
June 29, 2026 Hello everyone: The state-mandated class size hearings are being held tonight Monday June 29 at 6 PM and run through Thursday via Zoom. Any parent, teacher or community member can attend one of these meetings to speak out about what the DOE’s class size plan should include to make sure your school […]
June 25, 2026 1. Please sign up for our Zoom briefing this Sunday at 5 PM if you haven’t already, where we will summarize the changes in the class size law, point out the serious flaws in the DOE’s proposed class size plan for next year, and provide strategies that parents and teachers […]
June 23, 2026 1. Many hundreds of NYC schools applied for class size funds for next year and were rejected without explanation; other schools which had smaller classes this year may fall out of compliance because the DOE so far refuses to align its enrollment policies with the class sizes required by law. […]
June 15, 2026 Last week was extremely eventful, with news regarding DOE contracts, AI, and class size, so buckle in. If only one of these issues interest you, feel free to skip to that section; but all are important. Spending on Contracts Education budget hearings were held on Monday, and a major focus was DOE’s […]
June 7, 2026 Lots happening this week! 1. Tomorrow, members of the NYC Council Education committee will grill DOE and SCA officials on the proposed education budget, starting at 12 PM. You can watch the proceedings online here. Public testimony on all budgetary issues will be held on Wednesday, starting at 9:30 AM. […]
June 2, 2026 As expected, the class size law was amended and the timeline extended to give the administration two more years to reach 100% compliance. Honestly, it was difficult to see how the Mayor could achieve the original timeline given how the Adams administration had dragged its feet and refused to develop any real […]
Please join us for a virtual Class Size Briefing this Sunday June 28th, where we will speak about the changes to the class size law, point out flaws in the DOE's proposed plan for next year, and provide everyone with strategies for advocating for smaller classes for all NYC students!
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Talk out of School radio show and podcast airs Sunday night at 7 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM or online at www.wbai.org when Leonie Haimson, Daniel Alicea and Kaliris Salas Ramirez interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here at Simplecast; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
Sign here to urge NYC to implement a real, multi-year strategy to lower class size, as the law intends, without exempting up to half or more of all students.
